Youth Outdoors Unlimited / Life 1 Walkoff Victory Chehalis Prevails in Little League Tournament/ Sports 1 $1 Early Week Edition Tuesday, July 8, 2014 Reaching 110,000 Readers in Print and Online — www.chronline.com High Expectations: Marijuana Now for Sale STORES OPEN: Realization of Voter- planning to open his doors until noon Tues- day. Approved Initiative Arrives Greene had showed up Monday after- Centralia Prepares for Legal War SEATTLE (AP) — Lines were growing in noon with a chair, sleeping bag, food, water By Dameon Pesanti The Centralia City Council is the pre-dawn hours Monday outside shops and a 930-page book. [email protected] hosting a public hearing at 7 tonight "I voted for it, and I'm just so excited to at City Hall over the recreational set to become the first in Washington state This week, the city of Centralia to sell recreational marijuana legally. see it come to be in my lifetime," she said. marijuana land use moratorium, "I'm not a heavy user, I'm just proud of our is digging in its heels and entrench- Deb Greene, a 65-year-old retiree, wait- but the move is largely a formality. state for giving this a try." ing its position against recreational ed all night outside Cannabis City, the only marijuana. please see CENTRALIA, page Main 9 licensed shop in Seattle. The owner wasn't please see MARIJUANA, page Main 9 Two Teens Drown Explosive History During Civil War’s Siege of Petersburg Re-enactment Coming to Chehalis Fourth of July Weekend SHERIFF’S OFFICE: Deputies Responded to Two Drownings on Friday By Stephanie Schendel [email protected] Two teenagers drowned on Friday in different rural parts of the surrounding Lewis County area. While one teen’s body was lo- cated, the other was not. The first presumed drowning occurred when a 17-year-old Port Orchard boy fell into the Ohana- pecosh River near the Cedar Grove campground off of state Route 123 south of the Mount Rainier National Park entrance on Independence Day, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Of- fice. please see TEENS, page Main 9 Pete Caster / [email protected] Above: The 1st Texas Regiment of the Confederate Army ires on Union Army soldiers during a reenactment of the irst day of the Battle of Gettysburg at the Boys Rescued Chehalis Civil War re-enactment in 2013. Below: Confederate Army cannons are ired during a Civil War re-enactment in Chehalis in July 2013. After Nearly By Kyle Spurr [email protected] Drowning Hundreds of Civil War re-enactors, dressed in Union or By The Chronicle Confederate uniforms, will use farm fields outside Chehalis Two boys were hospitalized this weekend to replay key battles in the Siege of Petersburg. after almost drowning at Rotary The re-enactment, hosted by the Veterans Memorial Mu- Riverside Park in Centralia Sun- seum, will honor the 150th anniversary of the siege, which day afternoon. started in June 1864. The boys, ages 6 and 7, were During the siege, Union forces dug a mine underneath the at a swimming hole with a large Confederate trenches, according to historians. The mine was number of family members. They filled with explosives and detonated on July 30, 1864, causing apparently went too far from a military debacle when the Union troops ran into the crater shore and went underwater, said rather than going around it. please see RESCUED, page Main 9 please see HISTORY, page Main 9 The Chronicle, Serving The Greater Weather Schwinging in Frances Deaths Lewis County Area Since 1889 TONIGHT: Low 58 McGuire, Jean, 80, Follow Us on Twitter TOMORROW: High 74 Swiss Chehalis @chronline Mostly cloudy Berg, Larry Leroy, 72, see details on page Main 2 Heritage Rochester Find Us on Facebook Goodwill, Warren, 87, www.facebook.com/ Weather picture by Cyndre on Display Winlock thecentraliachronicle McCarter, Onalaska / Main 3 Smoots, Elva Louise, 100, Stillwell, Oklahoma CH523706bw.cg Main 2 • The Chronicle, Centralia/Chehalis, Wash., Tuesday, July 8, 2014 COMMUNITY CALENDAR / WEATHER Community Editor’s Best Bet Toledo Cheese Days Arrives A series of commu- frog jumping contest Calendar nity summer celebra- and bingo. tions continues this Featured Saturday week with the Toledo will be a car and motor- Cheese Days, which cycle show, the Ched- runs Thursday through dar Challenge 3-mile Sunday. and 8-mile runs, Kids To get things roll- Fun Fest, the 11 a.m. ing, a “Toast of the Big Cheese Days parade, Cheeses” will be held at free cheese sandwiches, the Morgan Arts Cen- alumni soccer games WHAT’S HAPPENING? tre, featuring the Mal- and parking lot dance. If you have an event you would like colm Clark Band. On tap for Sunday included in the Community Calendar, This year’s “Big are a horseshoe tourna- please email your information to Cheeses” are Carl and ment, railroad exhibit, [email protected]. Include a Melba Church, and all-class reunion, beef daytime telephone number where you Troy and Verna Church. barbecue and pie auc- can be reached. Friday’s events will tion. There is no charge for these listings. include a Cheddar For a full schedule For questions about calendar items, Open golf tournament, of events, see Thurs- call Doug Blosser at The Chronicle, (360) 807-8238. tennis tournament, day’s Chronicle. Centralia Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Unity Colors & Sorting, for all ages, 10 a.m., Winlock Regular excursion steam train ride, Mt. Rainier Today Church, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 748-1753, Preschool Story Time, for children 3-6 years, Scenic Railroad, 12:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., Elbe-Min- [email protected] eral, (360) 492-5588, reservations (888) STEAM11 Bingo, Chehalis Moose Lodge, doors open at 10:15 a.m., Tenino 4:30 p.m., game starts at 6:30 p.m., food available, Two Town Tuners, 7 p.m., Lewis and Clark Hotel, Mikey Mike’s Music & Science, for all ages, 10:30 (360) 736-9030 117 W. Magnolia St., Centralia, (360) 269-8146 or a.m., Oakville (360) 748-3531 Public Agencies Health and Hope Medical Outreach, free medi- LabARTory: Thaumatrope or ‘Fools-Your-Eye,’ cal clinic, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Northwest Pediatrics, 1911 for children, 1 p.m., Salkum Centralia Planning Commission, 6 p.m., coun- Cooks Hill Road, Centralia, for those whose income Brett Wilson’s Mobile Reptile Zoo, for all ages, cil chambers, City Hall, 118 W. Maple St., Centralia, Support Groups (360) 330-7671 is less than 200 percent of the poverty level, (360) 2 p.m, Salkum 623-1485 Survivors of sexual assault/abuse, 5:30-7 p.m., Ice Cream and Books, for teens, 2 p.m, Centralia 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- Community Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 Libraries Boistfort Street, downtown Chehalis, (360) 740- NAMI Lewis County Connections Support 1295 or email [email protected] Organizations LabARTory, for all ages, all day, Tenino and Group, 5:30-7 p.m., Twin Cities Senior Center, (360) Centralia 880-8070 or [email protected] Friendly Neighbors Garden Club, 11 a.m., call for meeting location, (360) 278-3377 Chris Fascione Stories, Clowning and Mime, for NAMI Support Group, 2-3:15 p.m., Centralia Tim- Public Agencies Take Off Pounds Sensibly, 10:15 a.m., Assembly children, 11 a.m., Chehalis, 4 p.m., Tenino berland Library, for families of mentally ill persons, Library Movie Matinee, for all ages, “Planes,” Centralia City Council, 7 p.m., City Hall, 118 W. (360) 736-2073 of God church, 702 SE First St., Winlock 2 p.m., Centralia Maple St., Centralia, (360) 330-7670 Al-Anon, Fellowship in Unity, 6 p.m., Unity Cen- Napavine American Legion Post 71, 7 p.m., Napavine City Council, 6 p.m., Napavine City ter, 800 S. Pearl St., Centralia, (360) 736-8104 or Napavine City Hall, (360) 295-3559 Hall, 407 Birch St., (360) 262-3547, ext. 213 (360) 736-6439 Lewis County Beekeepers Association, 7 p.m., Organizations Lewis County Planning Commission, 6 p.m., Washington Hall, Room 103, Centralia College, Bucoda Rebekah Lodge 144, 7 p.m., Bucoda Lewis County Courthouse, (360) 740-1284, http:// (360) 740-1212 Oddfellows Community Center, 202 S. Main, goo.gl/1a1Zb Wednesday, July 9 Cowlitz Prairie Grange, potluck dinner 6:30 p.m., meeting 7:30 p.m., (360) 864-2023 Bucoda, (360) 273-9724 Bingo, doors open 5 p.m., bingo starts 6:30 p.m., Good Sam Tri-Mountain Wanderers, 10 a.m., United Women in Business, 5:30 p.m., Kit Carson Libraries Forest Grange, 3397 Jackson Highway, Chehalis Judy’s Country Kitchen, 3210 Galvin Road, Centralia, banquet room, Chehalis, (360) 388-5252 Young Professionals Lewis County Networking (360) 785-4139 Chehalis-Centralia Cribbage Club, 6:30 p.m., Last Leaf Children’s Theater, for all ages, Social, 5-8 p.m., Riverside Golf Club Roof Top Bar, Chehalis Moose Lodge, 1400 Grand Ave., Centralia, 10:30 a.m., Packwood Chehalis, (206) 293-6126 (360) 485-2852 Chris Fascione Stories, Clowning & Mine, for all Games Night, 5:30-9 p.m., Matrix Coffeehouse, Support Groups Mary Lacy Chapter, Daughters of the American ages, 1 p.m., Centralia Chehalis, free, (360) 740-0492 Domestic violence support group, 5:30-7 p.m., Revolution, 10 a.m., St. John’s Lutheran Church, Last Leaf Children’s Theater, for all ages, 2 p.m., Winlock Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Winlock 125 NW Chehalis Ave., Chehalis, sponsored by Hu- 2190 Jackson Highway, Chehalis, September-May, Randle Events Plaza on Kerron Street, (360) 785-4817 man Response Network, (360) 748-6601 (360) 740-5899 Make Soap With Deb Petersen, for teens, 2 p.m., Lewis County Farm Bureau, annual picnic, Loss of a Child Support Group, 7-8:30 p.m., Prov- S.T.O.P.